Wall structure



April 23, 1931.

D. A. CASEY ET'AL WALL STRUCTURE Filed Sept. 12

BY niizwz z elfliazza,

? ATTORNEY? Patented Apr. 28, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALL STRUCTURE Application filed September 12, 1928. SeriaINo. 305,549.

This invention relates to improvements in building blocks and tiles for use in con-. structing building walls and has as one of its objects to provide a novel construction I and arrangement of building blocks or tiles which will provide for thorough ventilation of the walls constructed by the use thereof thus preventing the seepage of moisture into the building and greatly prolonging the life of the structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a building block made up of assembled sections which are brought together at the time of erecting the building wall and to so form the sections that a very substantial structure will be produced and one which will present a very attractive appearance.

Another object of the invention is to pro- .vide a building block comprising inner and -outer wall sections so formed that the same will be relatively light in weight and yet possess maximum strength so that the component parts of a building wall may be assembled, by the use of the tile or block sections embodying the invention, with less labor than where solid blocks are to be handled.

Another object of the invention is to prorequired .vide a building block consisting of assembled wall members so constructed and formed that the component members may be readily assembled and, when assembled, will present a highly attractive wall surface and one which will be substantial and durable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a building block made up of a number of assembled sections or walls and in which the componentparts will be so formed and constructed as to permit of a wide range of view,; of one corner of a building structure illustrating the blocks embodying the invention and the manner in which the same may bearranged in erecting the wall structure.

Figure 2 1s a perspective View of one of the wall sections of one of the straight wall blocks, looking at the side thereof which will be exposed when the section is assembled with the other sections of the block.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 looking at the other side of the section.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the block section shown in Figures 2 and 3. V

Figure 5 is aview similar to Figure 2 illustrating a block which is employed at the corners of a wall structure made up of the blocks embodying the invention or where half blocks are required to be laid.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3 looking at the other side of theblock shown in Figure'o. V

Figure is a perspective view of one of the end sections of a block constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 8 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the block shown in Figure 7 The blocks which go to make up'a wall structure, in accordance with the principles of the invention, consist of a number of wall sections which are assembled with one another and certain of which sections are common to relatively adjacent or companion blocks, and as the arrangement of these sections varies slightly in the construction of the straight wall portions and the corner wall portions of the building structure, the sections which go to make up the blocks will first be described in detail and themanner in which these sections maybe assembled in the erection of a building wall will then be described.

One of the sections which is employed both in the straight wall parts of the struc-' tureas well as the corners, is best illustrated in Figures 2,8 and 4 of the drawing anda indicated'by the numeral 1 and this section,

as well as the other sections to be hereinafter described, may be made of cement or clay and molded in the usual manner. This secwhich is of suflicient thickness to insureof the section having the desired strength, the formation of the recess 4: however reducing the weight of the section as awhole. In this stated, the face 2 of the section is finished and any desired ornamental finishing may be provided in the molding operation as desired."

Figures 5and Gillustrate clearly another form of s ection which is of rectangular form but preferably square as distinguished from oblong and this section, which "is indicated by the numeral 6,-has an outer face 7 which is preferably finished in the same manner as theface f the section 1, the oppositee face of the section, indicated by the numeral 8, and constituting the inner face th ereof,

being formed with a recess 9 corresponding to the recess 4 of the sectionl, In this form of section, one edge, as well ;as theface 'Y, is preferably finished so that it may match section is of symmetricalfform, it will be understood that itmay readily bejarranged so that its face 8*will be presented inwardly andit'sfinished edge, which ,is indicatedby the numeral 10, may be presented outwardly."

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate anO her; form of block section which isindicated in gen-.

eral bythe numeral 11 and which is of rectangular form and preferably square and one edge ofthis section as forexampleathe edge which is indicated by the numeral 12, is preferably finished as in the manner of the faces 2 and 7 of the sections-1 and'6 respectively, this section being formed witha relatively large circular opening 18 equi -1 distantly spaced with respect to the edges of the section and providingfor the-passage of air currents past the section when the section is assembled with the other sections in the construction of a building wall.

Referring nowto F gure 1 of thedrawing which illustrates the'blocks built up of the. sections above described, it will be observed that the straight partof the wall is erected by-assembli-ng two of the sections 1- with their recessed faces 3 presented inwardly andtwo ofthe sections 11 which are disposedat their vertical margins against the end edges of the sections 1, these" assembled sections being united by a mortar bon'd'lla lied between their abuttin mar inal ortions as shown clearly in Figure 1. Like,

wise as shown in the said figure, the assembled sections 1 are arranged in staggered relation in successive rows of the assembled sections in the same manner that bricks or building blocks are arranged in any ordinary wall structure. lVhere a corner is being erected, the sections 6 are brought into use and, as illustrated in Figure 1, each of these sections is disposed with its inner or recessed face 8 in facial contact with that side of the section 11 which is at the end of q u U V thesections 1 of the block assemblage of block section the edges are not exposed and they are therefore left unfinished but, as.-

which it forms apart and which end is the end presented at the corner of the structure as a whole, so that the face 7 of the section 6 will bepresented outwardly and as will also the edge lO thereof and thisedgewill,

being finished, present thesame appegu ance asthe' edge lQ of the section 11 against what itlis. disposed and also the same 'app earance as the face 2' of the section 1. In the assem bled relation of all of the section s,

evidentji that the finished facesor edges e t tj lf be vfl a h ses swat" structure as, a whole and "of course all as,

between the sections 1 and throughout the entire wall is providedfor thusinsuring against the seepage :of :moisture through the;

all -nrl i i s r lon i he l fe df hl structure.

Having h s. essri ed h in tion, What We claim is 1 In a wa'u structure of the characterdescribed, a pair of elongated {sections having finished outer faces, an inner end section fli -j" ting across adjacent ends of the elongated sections, all sections being conn'ectedby a mortar bond,i the inner end section having a section having a finished outer face and edge andfitting upon and being bonded to the inner end section, thereby strengtheningthe end construction of the wall structure, asand for the purposes set forth.

2. In ajcorner wall structure of the character described, a pair of elongatejd spaced.

apart sections, a short inner end section ex; tending across ad acent ends of the elon gated sections and having its ends terminatin'g evenly with the, outersurfaces of/the latter pair bearing upon the inner end section, a second inner end section extending across the ends of the last-mentionedjel ons gated sectlons and hav ngpne edge engag ng that, due to the provision of theopenings 13 .1 finished outer edge, and an outershortend tures.

DENNIS A. CASEY. ANTHONY J. LIUZZA. 

